[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 16.04 ISO testing

[Dave Day]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Thomas Mashos wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Would it be possible to get someone with physical hardware that has an
> nVidia card to test the 16.04 ISO? (can be downloaded from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/daily-live/current/ )
>
> We're getting reports that the nVidia driver isn't installing during the OS
> install, and need to gather some logs as to why.
>
> Some instructions for how to do the install and gather the logs
>
>    1. Boot live disk
>    2. At menu select to try mythbuntu without installing
>    3. Right click desktop and open terminal
>    4. Run 'ubiquity -d'
>    5. Install as normal, notes:
>    1. make sure to pick nvidia driver
>       2. Enter a password you don't care about being public (it will be in
>       debug logs)
>    6. After install finishes, reboot and see if it's using the proprietary
>    nvidia driver.
>    7. If it's not, please file a bug like this: #ubuntu-bug ubiquity That
>    will collect all the installation logs.
>    8. Please share the bug number (we'll need to re-assign it to the proper
>    package).
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas
>
> --
> Thomas Mashos

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I tried on my Intel 6600 quad cpu server with an Nvidia 430 but twice the
installer has failed to create a swap space on my known good Winchester
Black 500GB drive.  The message box which informs me of this does not
respond to me so I have not been able to proceed past this point.

Sorry,
Dave